DAN PALMGREN The photographs in this series were taken in Iceland, in Japan on the island of Hokkaido, as well as on the shores of the Dead Sea. The photographs are connected by water in different forms, sometimes down low as snow or ice and at other times high above as steam or clouds. I took the photographs during hikes as well as during flights. I wanted the photographs to be scary or threatening in their composition or direction. An undulating movement, which is coming towards us. The most frightening nature experiences for me personally happened in Iceland. The wind could suddenly pick up speed and become a storm high up in the mountains – such a strong wind that rocks would take flight. The fog was so dense that you had to stand still quietly or try and run away when it came close. If I photographed during sunset I had to make haste so that I could still find the road home. The fog, up high in the Hokkaido mountains, could be so thick that I could not see my own hand. There I went very close to the geothermal steam, so close, that I was engulfed in it. The earth shook – the sounds from the springs were as strong as those of a highway. The photographs are minimalistic. If we play with an idea long enough, everything disappears and nothing is left. Not this text, not photographs and not us.
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Water | Below | Above 50 x 37,5 cm Colour photo (Iceland) mounted in acrylic 2015